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Dol-y-Fan Round Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Radnorshire, Wales. The cairn consists of a mound of stones constructed over a burial or ritual deposit, representing the funerary practices of prehistoric communities in mid-Wales. Such round cairns served as both burial places and ritual centres for prehistoric societies, often remaining prominent features in the landscape for millennia. The monument's survival into the modern period, despite centuries of agricultural use and weathering, attests to the substantial construction methods employed by its builders.
Dol-y-Fan Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD125. View the official record →
Dol-y-Fan Round Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Radnorshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD125.
Dol-y-Fan Round Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dol-y-Fan Round Cairn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is RD125.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Fortlet (revealed by aerial photography), Disserth (7.5 km), Standing Stone SSE of Dol-y-Felin (7.6 km), Carneddau round cairns (8.1 km).
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